Oregon State Public Interest Group and Local Activists Call on KFC to Help Save Antibiotics and Protect Public Health

WHAT: 
On January 28th, public interest groups representing millions of consumers will launch a campaign calling on KFC, the world’s largest chain of fried chicken restaurants to purchase meat only from farms that don’t raise animals with routine antibiotics, a practice that can lead to antibiotic resistant bacteria that threaten public health. Oregon State Public Interest Research Group Education Fund will participate in the launch by hosting a campaign launch event in front of the KFC franchise on NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. OSPIRG Foundation staff and volunteers will ask passersby at the event to take pictures with large signs that read “I’m hungry for a bucket of extra crispy, but I want chicken raised without antibiotics” and other slogans. The photos will be tweeted @KFC. OSPIRG's Citizen Outreach Director, Annie Gibbons will speak about the grassroots support for the campaign. Dr. Rachael Fisher will speak about her concerns for public health and her experiences with antibiotic resistant infections as a health care provider. Karin, a community member and victim of an antibiotic resistant superbug will share her story and ask KFC to stand up for public health. 

WHO: 
Annie Gibbons, Citizen Outreach Director OSPIRG Foundation 
Dr. Rachel Fisher 
Victim of a resistant infection, Karin 
OSPIRG Volunteers 
Local Activists 

WHEN: 
Thursday, January 28th 2016 
10am 

WHERE: 
5721 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. 

VISUALS: 
Big sign reading "Dear KFC, Oregonians are hungry for chicken raised without antibiotics. A dancing chicken, a life-size cardboard bucket of KFC chicken, local activists engaging passersby and holding large signs with catchy slogans. Speeches from Annie Gibbons, Dr. Rachael Fisher and victim Karin.